Start Corey Kiner or Roschon Johnson? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner
- Market projects
- 5.3
- recent weeks avg
- TB D vs RB
- 17.8
- 3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 21%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 4.4
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs RB
- 25.0
- 6th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 8
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Our Week 9 call
Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 5.3 points and Corey Kiner at 4.4, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Roschon Johnson this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.5, 6.8 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Corey Kiner this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.2, 3.3 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Roschon Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 6.8 and 3.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Corey Kiner yet. His market-based projections were 3.2, 3.3 and 6.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).
That puts Roschon Johnson 0.9 points ahead of Corey Kiner on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Roschon Johnson and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
TB allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 65 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 37 more yards.
Corey Kiner and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
GB allowed 25.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 95 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 33 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.
Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 7, Roschon Johnson played 21 percent of CHI snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
Roschon Johnson, Week 4 against NYJ: 10 of 93 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 5 against GB: 27 of 69 snaps, 5 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 34 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 6 against ATL: 31 of 77 snaps, 13 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.
Roschon Johnson, Week 7 against NE: 10 of 69 snaps, 2 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
Corey Kiner, Week 5 against LV: 15 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 8 against MIA: 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Roschon Johnson played 7 games for CHI and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.
He ran 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.
He was on the field for 1 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.
He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Corey Kiner playing Week 9?
- Is Roschon Johnson playing Week 9?
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- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
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